The President’s 2026 budget proposal claims to streamline the workforce system under a new “Make America Skilled Again” grant – but the reality is the budget makes deep cuts, risky consolidations, and rollbacks to critical supports that workers and businesses rely on. We can’t cut our way to prosperity. A competitive economy demands more investment in skills training and supportive services, not less. Use this fact sheet to urge lawmakers to reject the continuation of two decades of cuts that hurt workers, businesses, and our economy.
